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J. W. GRAND'ALL.

. PIGKAX AND MATTOGK. No. 369,921. Patented Sept. 13, 1887.

' mull w i /iiqza I. mi- 2% 22M y NITED STATES JASON WV. GRANDALL, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT NIXON AND E. O. RIC/KART, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

PICKAX OR MATTOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,921, dated September 13:, 1887.

I Application filed April 16, 1887. Serial No. 235,051. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JASON W. CRANDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oortland, in the county of Cortland and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pickaxes or Mattocks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices known as pickaxes, picks, mattocks,

and the like, and has for its object an improvementin the same whereby the implementortool is increased in strength in the use of about the same'amount of material as heretofore used, and to provide two or more bearings for holding the handle in the tool,whereby its liability of being broken or working loose is lessened; and it consists in the construction hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Heretofore pickaxes, picks, mattocks, and like tools have been made with a single eye in the head, in which the handle has usually been inserted from the under side, giving ita bear- 3o ing of only the thickness of the head. It has been found necessary in these cases to make the head of the tool quite thick and heavy in view of its long and extended points or blades, andalso on account of the greatst-rain that is frequently brought to bear upon the head when it serves as a fulcrum for the handle,which is often used as a leverin lifting or prying. In such a construction of the instrument the handle, having only one point of bearing, soon works loose or becomes weakened by wearing near the point of the eye, and is broken or becomes useless on account of its looseness, and has to be supplied with a new handle.

My invention is intended to overcome the 5 objections set forth by the means hereinafter described. 7

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of apickax involving my invention. Fig. 2 represents aperspective view of a mattock having my improvement thereon.

Like letters of reference refer to corresponding parts in each figure of the drawings.

A represents the pickax or mattock, of the usual construction,provided with the large eye 5 5 B, slightly tapering upward from its under side, and having the arms 0 extended from the eye in opposite directions, provided with the customary blades or points, 0. The eyeB and theportions of the arms connected there- 6 with are made much narrower and thinner than they have heretofore been constructed, and about the same quantity of metal dispensed with in forming the usual head and eye portion of the arms is extended from the arms to 6 form a brace, D. These braces D-extend upward from about midway the upper side of the arms O and inward to the handle at some distance above the eye B, where they are united to form a second or supplemental eye, d, some- 0 what smaller in diameter than the eye B, in which another portion of the handle is held. The braces may be made of a single piece of metal and perforated with a suitable tool to form the eye and be welded to the upper side of 5 the arms 0; or they may be made with the same piece with the head and arms by forming the 'blank of sufficient width in the center and making a slot through the central portion, dividing the blank so that about one-third of its width can be drawn out to form the brace and supplemental eye. By this construction the head and arms of the tool are lighter than those heretofore made, and by having a brace extending from the arms to the handle the arms 8 are supported and strengthened and the handle isprovided with two points of bearing, holding it securely in place and preventing it in great part from a tendency heretofore experienced of working loose or becoming worn at the eye, thereby causing it to split and break when but slight pressure is brought to bear upon it in using it as a lever.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by 5 Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A piekax or mattock having a brace extending from the upper side of its arms between their points or blades and eye, forming a supplemental eye above the eye of the head, [Q0 as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a pickax having an eye in its head between its arms, of abrace integral with the arms and extended from between their points and eye on their upper side, forming a supplemental eye for the handle above the eye of the head, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a pickax having an eye in its head between its arms, of braces formed of the same piece and integral with the to arms and extended from their upper sides,

forming a supplemental eye over the eye of the head, the two eyes serving as separate bearingpoints for the handle, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 15 presence of two witnesses.

JASON WV. GRANDALL. Vitnesses:

F. J. PEoK, GHAs. E. SELOVER. 

